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The first witch trial believed to be held at Le Châtelet in Paris, in 1390, ended with the execution of Jeanne de Brigue.During the first half of the 16th century, a few cases of witch trials are noted to have taken place in France.
Catherine Quicquat (died 1448) was a French woman who was executed for witchcraft. [1]She is one of the most well documented of the victims of the Valais witch trials.Her case was one of the first in the Pays de Vaud.
Local women who were known for having various healing powers or the ability to do magic were falling foul of the law and the church. Brigue was one of several women convicted of witchcraft. Her godmother, Jeanne, supposedly instructed her who taught her how to control the demon Haussibut while Marion her neighbor from Doue, Seine-et-Marne ...
Catherine Cadière, or Marie-Catherine Cadière (12 November 1709 in Toulon, year of death unknown), was an alleged French witch. The trial of Catherine Cadière in 1731 is one of the most famous of its kind in French history, and have been referred to many times in literature, notably in the pornographic novel Thérèse philosophe.
The Normandy witch trials of 1669-1670, which took place in the province of Normandy in France, belong to the most famed of French witch hunts.In parallel with the witch trials of Guyenne and Bearn in 1670-72, it was one of the two last great witch hunts in France.
Witch-hunts increased again in the 17th century. The witch trials in Early Modern Europe included the Basque witch trials in Spain, the Fulda witch trials in Germany, the North Berwick witch trials in Scotland, and the Torsåker witch trials in Sweden. There were also witch-hunts during the 17th century in the American colonies.
French people executed for witchcraft (26 P) Pages in category "Witch trials in France" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
Twenty witnesses were called to the trial. Peronne was accused of having violated the holy sacrament, visited the witch's sabbath, having met the devil in shape of a black dog called Fréquette, cast spells on children, women and cattle, performed an abortion, and killed children. Three marks were found upon her body.